1. Rift Valley fever vaccines
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Ikegami, Tetsuro and Makino, Shinji
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VIRAL vaccines , *RIFT Valley fever , *BUNYAVIRUSES , *RNA viruses , *VIRAL genomes , *HEMORRHAGIC fever , *ENCEPHALITIS , *DRUG development - Abstract
Abstract: Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), which belongs to the genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae, is a negative-stranded RNA virus carrying a tripartite RNA genome. RVFV is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes large outbreaks among ruminants and humans in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Human patients develop an acute febrile illness, followed by a fatal hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis or ocular diseases, whereas ruminants experience abortions during outbreak. Effective vaccination of both humans and ruminants is the best approach to control Rift Valley fever. This article summarizes the development of inactivated RVFV vaccine, live attenuated vaccine, and other new generation vaccines. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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